Tanar

The Tanar alphabet was invented by Tad Deffler for use in a role-playing game, and mostly done as a lark. It was primary used for English transcriptions. However, it also has symbols for Spanish consonants (such as ñ) and vowels (such as un-diphthonged long o).

There are two versions of Tanar: the Tanar-Vernacular alphabet, which is a 26-letter alternative alphabet for English, and Tanar-Formal, a 61-letter phonetic alphabet.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: English. Can also be used to write Spanish.

Tanar-Vernacular alphabet (for English)

Tanar-Formal alphabet

Sample texts in the Tanar-Vernacular alphabet

Sample texts in the Tanar-Formal alphabet

Sample texts in the Tanar-Vernacular alphabet

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Download a font for Tanar (TrueType format 22K)

If you have any questions about Tanar, please contact Tad at: tad@deffler.com

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